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June – August 2015

June – August 2015, Member Spotlight

Greg Ruppert—San Francisco, CA, USA

May 28, 2015August 12, 2015 /Leave a comment
Greg Ruppert is the chief of Charles Schwab Corporation’s Financial Crimes Investigations (FCI) group, which encompasses the enterprise-wide anti-money laundering (ALD), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), fraud prevention and investigative programs of the firm. Prior to joining Schwab in 2014, Ruppert spent over 17...
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June – August 2015, Member Spotlight

Zach Miller, CAMS-FCI—Harrisburg, PA, USA

May 28, 2015July 17, 2015 /Leave a comment
Zach Miller is the Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) operations manager (deputy BSA officer) for Metro Bank, a retail banking institution in South Central Pennsylvania. Miller is responsible for managing the AML investigations, suspicious activity reporting, enhanced due diligence (EDD), currency transaction reporting, Office of...
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June – August 2015, Member Spotlight

Samuel Chukwuka Onyeka, CAMS—Abuja, Nigeria

May 28, 2015June 29, 2015 /Leave a comment
Samuel Chukwuka Onyeka is head of the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) Unit in the Inspectorate Directorate of National Insurance Commission in Nigeria. With over 20 years of experience in law, insurance and risk management, Onyeka is undoubtedly among the leading resources in the insurance sector...
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Compliance, June – August 2015

From Columbo to Holmes

May 27, 2015May 28, 2015 /1 Comment
Financial crimes investigators can be found throughout both the public and private sectors. They work in law enforcement, government agencies, financial institutions and private businesses. At the beginning of their investigative careers, many are provided with excellent training and have senior investigators who act...
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AFC Challenges, June – August 2015

Called to Testify

May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 /Leave a comment
Testifying in a legal proceeding is no walk in the park. It is serious business. As a witness, your initial encounter will most likely be with a friendly attorney whose goal is to assist you in presenting yourself as a credible witness. Unfortunately, in...
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June – August 2015, Practical Solutions

Detecting the Enemy Within

May 27, 2015January 8, 2016 /Leave a comment
Newspaper headlines and the nightly news are filled with stories of lone wolves, terrorist cells and foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) recounting recent attacks or attacks that have been averted. All are part of the growing threat of homegrown terrorism in the U.S. and detecting these...
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AFC Challenges, June – August 2015

Talk the AML Talk

May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 /Leave a comment
A detective sheepishly pushes a file toward me as his other hand unconsciously rises in a gesture as if to shield his eyes from the horror found within the folder. His unmistakable body language speaks as loudly as his words. He wants to unapologetically...
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June – August 2015, Member Spotlight

Michael Amo, CAMS—New York, NY, USA

May 27, 2015May 28, 2015 /Leave a comment
Michael Amo is currently engaged with Promontory Financial Group in a variety of Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) regulatory and compliance functions at international and domestic financial institutions with a specialization in transaction monitoring, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), risk assessment, know your customer...
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Compliance, June – August 2015

The T-MEN: A Giant Killer Legacy

May 27, 2015May 28, 2015 /Leave a comment
There is no gangster more famous than Al Capone. Capone’s name still has an infamous ring of familiarity in the U.S. and around the world. At the height of his larcenous career, Capone was so well-known that movie stars and foreigners would travel to...
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From the Editor, June – August 2015

The Makings of a Great Investigator

May 27, 2015 /Leave a comment
What makes an investigator great? If we were to create a character what traits would he or she need to stand in the pantheon of great detectives? Or to put it in more personal terms—for those of you who are striving for greatness in...
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